बिहार के इस गांव में आज भी बजती है 'लैंडलाइन फोन की घंटी', क्यों 80 के दशक में जी रहे लोग?

ETVBHARAT

बिहार का ऐसा गांव जहां के लोग रिश्तेदारों से बात करने के लिए मोबाइल नहीं बल्कि लैंडलाइन का इस्तेमाल करते हैं. पढ़ें खास रिपोर्ट.

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00:00Bihar's Khandelgaon, where in the era of smart mobile, landline phone is connected to lifeline.

00:06In this village, there are not just one or two, but dozens of houses where landline phone is available.

00:14Although, from the BSNL department, landline service has been provided through broadband fiber.

00:23But the speciality of this village is that even today, people keep their old landline phones and talk to their relatives.

00:38Hello.

00:40Brother.

00:43What are you doing?

00:45Everything is fine.

00:46My uncle lives outside and I don't have a mobile phone at home.

00:50My grandfather has a mobile phone.

00:52I talk to this mobile phone.

00:53Do you talk to this mobile phone at home?

00:54Yes.

00:55How long have you been talking to this mobile phone?

00:57For many days.

00:58Where does your uncle live?

01:00Delhi.

01:02So, you don't get a mobile phone at home?

01:04No.

01:05For many days.

01:07Do you talk to this mobile phone?

01:08Yes.

01:09Hello.

01:12Walaikum Assalam.

01:14What's up brother Shamsher?

01:17Everything is fine.

01:19I have some relics.

01:20I have your prayers, boss.

01:22We believe that the first mobile phone was installed here in 1988 or 1989.

01:27We had an exchange here in our house.

01:31And since then, people have kept landline phones here.

01:35Until the mobile services started.

01:38So, it was a reliability.

01:42And since more people live abroad,

01:46we thought that there were 20-25 connections in our village.

01:53I am talking about 1988-1989.

01:57And even today, there are still connections in 10 houses.

02:03But now there is a broadband system.

02:06Internet plus landline.

02:09So, our landline is also working.

02:11And we try to talk to it more.

02:13Is there an IHD call?

02:16Yes, it is on taking services.

02:18But mostly people prefer incoming calls.

02:22And such IHD calls are also available.

02:25So, how many people come out of this village?

02:29Let me tell you that the population of this village is 400.

02:34Out of 200-250 houses, people come out of this village.

02:38In the Gulf countries.

02:40So, how many people are there in the panchayat?

02:46If you look at the panchayat, we think that there are more than 200 connections.

02:51And the panchayat means that there are 13 villages in our panchayat.

02:57And everyone has a demand.

02:59Till now, BSNL has not been able to deliver the cable.

03:03There are many issues related to poles.

03:06But now people are back on BSNL.

03:11Now that there is a broadband system, they have internet and landline.

03:16Both are facilities.

03:18In the beginning, the minimum was call charges.

03:23Outgoing call charges.

03:25Now, as we have taken a plan of Rs. 700-Rs. 720.

03:34And in that, voice calling is free.

03:37No matter how much you call and receive, there is no charge for it.

03:41There must be some people from the family who live abroad.

03:43They don't have a mobile phone.

03:44They don't have a family to feed them.

03:47Yes, there is a major issue here.

03:49For example, if there is a breakdown of 4-5 hours.

04:00In that case, it is very difficult to get a mobile phone.

04:03There is always a network issue.

04:05But it is reliable that a person can contact anyone in an emergency.

04:15I don't remember accurately, but 25-30 years have passed.

04:17When BSNL first came here, it was Cherki Exchange.

04:21We got it installed then.

04:23It was installed in my house at that time.

04:26I had a mobile phone in the whole neighborhood.

04:28So, it's been a long time since the mobile phone was installed.

04:33When it was installed, people used to come.

04:35Yes, there were 10-15-20 houses in the neighborhood.

04:39They live in the Gulf or live abroad.

04:41Whether in India or outside India.

04:43They used to call.

04:44We used to call them and talk to them.

04:49The people who have an old connection are still using it.

04:52Yes, we had an old connection.

04:54So, we got the connection back on.

04:56And whatever the facility is, whether it is Wi-Fi or landline.

05:00Whatever it is, we are picking it up.

05:02Okay, there is time for a mobile phone.

05:04But the phone is better.

05:06It's good.

05:08We are very worried because of the mobile phone.

05:09Because of the mobile phone, we have caught a new disease.

05:12So many children are using the phone like crazy.

05:16The phone is better than that.

05:18There is not much tension in the phone.

05:20So, people are using it at home.

05:22Yes, it is being used now.

05:24In our house, it was there for 25-30 years.

05:27But now we have changed the house.

05:29So, we have got the connection back.

05:31It is very popular here.

05:34People are always ready to take the connection.

05:37And we are getting the facility.

05:39They are doing a lot for PNT.

05:42The landline is always open.

05:45And all the people have kept the BSNL.

05:49What is the reason?

05:51The reason is that we are getting the facility soon.

05:53Who is doing the ISD?

05:55Yes, they do.

05:57And they have kept it.

05:59It is a very old thing.

06:01How much will be the whole panchayat?

06:03In the panchayat, there are 250-250 connections.

06:05And it takes almost a month.

06:08How many more are there in this village?

06:11There are 10-15 more in Khandel.

06:15Due to the high number of ISD calls,

06:18the exchange office was made in this village.

06:23So that people don't face any problem.

06:25The landline telephone service which started after 1988,

06:29is still going on.

06:30Even though the BSNL has changed,

06:34the telephone service is still going on.

06:39But it is still in this village.

06:42This was the first village in the district

06:44which used to give maximum telephone service.

06:48For ATV Bharat, I am Sartaj Ahmed from Gaya.

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